Earthquake Relief                                          Click here to Donate

On Tuesday January 12, 2010 at about 5:00PM a 7.0 earthquake hit the island of Haiti just 10 miles to the southwest of the capital city of Port au Prince. This has devastated a large part of the city and surrounding areas where about 3 million of the 9 million total people reside. The death toll has reached in excess of 200,000 people.

What must be done NOW?

  • The first priority now is to provide food and safe shelter.
  • The second priority is to continue medical assistance.
  • The third priority is to begin rebuilding Haitian lives.

How can you help?

  • You can contribute right here and we will provide medical assistance, housing, food, and whatever is needed to rebuild Haitian lives.

What is Practical Compassion doing?

  • We provided updates below during the first few months after the earthquake so please come back to visit and tell all your friends to visit our site as well.
  • We sent a medical team to Haiti on February 23, 2010 and held medical clinics that served over 500 people at 4 different locations.
  • We are moving forward with plans to rebuild the orphanage at Leurboug which was damaged by the earthquake. Additional housing will be required since it grew from 38 children to 57 as a result of the earthquake and is projected to grow to 100. They are currently living in tents.
  • In October 2010, we sent money to supply fresh water in the area where the cholera epidemic broke out. We also saved the lives of some of the people with cholera by providing the necessary medical assistance.
  • In February 2011, we contracted to build 2 wells that will help alleviate the cholera epidemic in the Artibonite Valley.

View Prior Updates of Earthquake Disaster

March 17, 2010

February 18, 2010

February 3, 2010

January 27, 2010

January 19, 2010

January 16, 2010

January 15, 2010

January 14, 2010

January 13, 2010